Long-term & short-term measures of roadway snow and ice control performance : final report.

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• Alternative Title:
  Long-term & short-term measures of roadway snow and ice control performance.
• Creators:
  Sullivan, Jim ; Scott, Darren ; Novak, David C. ; Dowds, Jonathan
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Vermont. Transportation Research Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Snow and ice control
  • Safety
  • Traffic lanes
  • Performance measurement
  • Traffic speed
  • Metrics (Quantitative assessment)
  • Speed data
  • Data collection
• Publication/ Report Number:
  TRC Report 16-002
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Vermont
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Vermont. Transportation Research Center
• Abstract:
  The primary performance measures for RSIC programs by state DOTs are 1) operating speed recovery time and 2) time to achieve bare pavement. There is a continued need for objective, outcome-based performance metrics for RSIC operations. The overall goal of this project was to develop new performance measures intended to improve the performance of RSIC activities by the VTrans fleet and a plan for how they could be implemented full-scale. Two specific objectives were planned by the research team at the University of Vermont Transportation Research Center to achieve this goal: ; • Develop a long-term, seasonal “time-to-normal” measure utilizing readily available speed data ; • Pilot-test a short-term measure utilizing imagery data collected and processed in real-time to compare roadway conditions in front of, and behind, an active RSIC vehicle
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/32048/dot_32048_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.46 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:380f807b3a964eb4b304503d3a3f21afe82212610c0bc339d6d414d27cb40c56715a2861e2e3411fb7c3a0b0af441f739ad498cbf5437c1c53357f3dfbba9587